Homebrew Pikmin Species Details

Physical Description

Pikmin are small creatures, a hybrid of plant and animal. They start their life as a plant, rooted to the ground, but as they get plucked out by other pikmin, they become an animal, capable of combat against others. They look like small humanoids, with a stem coming out of their head, atop which there rests a leaf, bud or flower, depending on maturity. All pikmin have eyes, but other appendages are exclusive to certain subraces, such as ears being exclusive to yellow pikmin (even though all kinds of pikmin are able to hear).

History

The pikmin as a race exist due to the evolution of a hive called an Onion. The onion is capable of creating pikmin, and the pikmin in turn bring it nutrients in the form of plants or dead creatures, which allow it to grow and create even more pikmin. The onions are able to fly high up into the atmosphere, and they do so at night to escape from nocturnal predators. Most independent pikmin are a result of an onion leaving them behind at night, and then landing on a completely different place the following day.

Society

The pikmin have an organized society based on their hives: the onions. Each onion creates pikmin of a certain color, and those pikmin in turn fight nearby monsters and collect plants to bring nutrients to the onion, for the creation of more pikmin and for their own food. As they mature, the leaf in a young pikmin's head becomes a bud, and then a flower. The more mature a pikmin is, the stronger and faster it is.

Pikmin Names

Pikmin often take regular names, especially when they become independent. They choose their own names, which are typically very simple. As part animal part plants, pikmin don't have regular genders, so they often choose names that aren't specific to one gender.

(this isnt my work, i found the race and wanted it to be on dnd beyond)

Pikmin Traits

Pikmin are animal-plant hybrids spawned by an onion as part of its hive

Ability score increase

Your Dexterity score increases by 2.

Age

 A pikmin's maturity comes with experience, not with age, and is signaled by the leaf on their head becoming a bud, then becoming a flower when maturity is reached. A pikmin that has not been plucked can live up to a century, depending on the condition of the soil they were planted on, and plucked pikmin typically live less than fifty years.

Alignment

 A pikmin that is part of an onion hive is almost always lawful neutral, but independent pikmin may be any alignment, although they still have a tendency towards lawful and neutral.

Languages

You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language of your choice.

Animal-Plant Hybrid

You can attempt to hide even while only lightly obscured in places with leaves or flowers. You are considered both humanoid and plant.

Being of Nature.

You have proficiency in the Nature skill.

Natural Weapon

Your leaf/bud/flower is a natural weapon, which you can use to make unarmed strikes. If you hit with them, you deal bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 + your Strength or your Dexterity modifier. You do not require a free hand to use this natural weapon.